Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The State Department has cancelled its contract to distribute up to 35,000 Kindle Touches at embassies worldwide for educational materials on America, choosing to do more market research beforehand. More here. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has awarded a $100 million contract for a new sensorRead… Read more »
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Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Navy is establishing Unmanned Helicopter Reconnaissance Squadron One (HUQ-1) effective October 1, 2012. More here. The Office of Management and Budget released an updated report stating that 318 data centers have been closed since 2010, 50 of them May. More here. The Defense Information SystemsRead… Read more »
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s (DARPA)’s Unconventional Processing of Signals for Intelligent Data Exploitation (UPSIDE) program is looking to develop a computing infrastructure that is three orders of magnitude faster and four orders of magnitude more energy efficient, or roughly 1,000 and 10,000 times respectively, than current digital processors. To do so, the BroadRead… Read more »
This little Android won’t be so happy if you steal his data Researchers Show How to Crack Android Encryption – Thomas Cannon and Seyton Bradford have successfully shown brute force attacks against Android encryption at DEFCON. Because Android encryption is based on the Linux dm-crypt, it is easily broken on either Android 3.x or 4.xRead… Read more »
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Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Ecuador has granted asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to prevent his extradition, which is ironic given Ecuador’s suppression of press freedom and dissident movements, leading the UK to allegedly threaten to storm the embassy. More here. Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, deputy commandant for combatRead… Read more »
Big Data is the data too large, complex, and fast-moving for conventional information infrastructure to handle. There’s been a lot of buzz about investment in cutting edge Big Data solutions and start ups, and for good reason. Venture capital for Big Data is sizable and growing. In 2010, Big Data start ups already received $1.53Read… Read more »
The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA), a great group of US national security professionals, is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit, private sector organization which provides a forum for thought leadership, idea generation, information sharing and networking. Members include many individuals with national security backgrounds and over 150 corporate members from some of our nation’s greatest firmsRead… Read more »
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